Framing and hanging assembly for a sheet material object

Claim 1

In an assembly for at least partially framing and thereafter hanging a sheet material object for wall display, a framing member for engaging the upper edge of the object, said framing member comprising a U-section member having opposed forwardly and rearwardly disposed yieldable fingers biased into abutting relation to receive, grasp and retain said object therebetween, and a clip comprising a U-section member having opposed forwardly and rearwardly disposed yieldable fingers biased into abutting relation and having a cross section generally dimensionally identical to that of the framing member, said U-section clip member being oppositely oriented from the U-section framing member such that upon assembly the rearwardly disposed finger of the framing member is received and retained between the fingers of the clip and the forwardly disposed finger of the clip is received and retained between the fingers of the framing member, said forwardly disposed finger of the clip further serving to enhance the retaining pressure of the framing member on the sheet material object, said clip being slidable longitudinally relative to said framing member to provide for centering of the clip relative to the framed object and including means for supporting the framed object from hanger means on the display wall.